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    May 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Abrupt climate shifts spurred Stone Age innovation in Africa

    A rapid shift in climate that brought wetter and warmer conditions in southern Africa during the Middle Stone Age helped propel innovation and cultural advances in early man, a study has found.
    A rapid shift in climate that brought wetter and warmer conditions in southern Africa during the Middle Stone Age helped propel innovation and cultural advances in early man, a study has found. Paleontologists have long known that anatomically modern...

    Tags: Invention and Innovation, Africa, Atlantic Ocean

    2. May 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Ziggy Marley plays music for motorheads in mountains

    A week after the Rolling Stones played a semi-secret club date as a musical publicity stunt, reggae scion Ziggy Marley did the same -- performing a short set of his father's standards and his own originals Friday afternoon at a remote roadside cafe on the Angeles Crest Highway, to an audience of several hundred motorcycle riders.
    A week after the Rolling Stones played a semi-secret club date as a musical publicity stunt, reggae scion Ziggy Marley did the same -- performing a short set of his father's standards and his own originals Friday afternoon at a remote roadside cafe on the...

    Tags: Africa, Entertainment, FIFA World Cup, Travel, Trips and Vacations

    3. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Did dinosaur ancestors benefit from worst extinction on Earth?

    Dinosaurs may have been wiped out by a mass extinction about  65 million years ago, but an earlier extinction event may have given their predecessors a leg up on the competition, according to a study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
    Dinosaurs may have been wiped out by a mass extinction about  65 million years ago, but an earlier extinction event may have given their predecessors a leg up on the competition, according to a study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....

    Tags: Zambia, Fossils, Tanzania, Paleontology

    4. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. South African ruling party criticized over video of frail Mandela

    <span class="runtimeTopic">JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- </span>South Africa&rsquo;s ruling African National Congress on Tuesday defended a controversial decision to allow the broadcast on television of a video of an unsmiling Nelson Mandela, looking frail, pallid and uncomfortable, as people snapped flash photos of him when President Jacob Zuma and other ANC luminaries visited him at his house.
    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa’s ruling African National Congress on Tuesday defended a controversial decision to allow the broadcast on television of a video of an unsmiling Nelson Mandela, looking frail, pallid and uncomfortable, as...

    Tags: National Government, Pneumonia, Africa, European Union, Tuberculosis

    5. Apr 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Margaret Thatcher: Global reactions to passing of 'Iron Lady'

    Political leaders past and present reacted Monday to <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-margaret-thatcher-20130409,0,7418326.story" target="_blank">the death of Margaret Thatcher</a>, the former prime minister of Britain, by spotlighting different parts of her global legacy.
    Political leaders past and present reacted Monday to the death of Margaret Thatcher, the former prime minister of Britain, by spotlighting different parts of her global legacy. For some, their careful or brazen words reflected the sharp disagreements...

    Tags: Gerry Adams , European Parliament, George H.W. Bush, Tony Blair, Barack Obama

    6. Apr 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Good fences make safe lions

    During the 1960s, when most African nature reserves were being established, lions tended to be born free. But today, freedom doesn't always serve them well.
    During the 1960s, when most African nature reserves were being established, lions tended to be born free. But today, freedom doesn't always serve them well. Fifty years ago, human population densities were low in the areas where lions roamed. But...

    Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Conservation, Africa, World Bank Group, Gardens and Parks

    7. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. In Mali, scribe keeps an ancient calling alive

    BAMAKO, Mali &mdash; Homemade twig pens stand like off-duty soldiers in a jar on Boubacar Sadeck's worktable. The morning sun steals into a room stuffed with a jumble of papers, ink bottles and stretched animal hides. He sits thoughtfully before a blank sheet of paper, with several old manuscripts &mdash; the color of dark tea and covered with Arabic script &mdash; open at his side.
    BAMAKO, Mali — Homemade twig pens stand like off-duty soldiers in a jar on Boubacar Sadeck's worktable. The morning sun steals into a room stuffed with a jumble of papers, ink bottles and stretched animal hides. He sits thoughtfully before a blank...

    Tags: Islam, Africa, North Africa, Mali, Germany

    8. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Google adds 350,000 more miles of roads, 50th country to Street View

    Google has just added its 49th and 50th country to its popular Street View feature, enabling Web browsers to check out locations like the <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/Rfq4F" target="_blank">Hungarian Parliament building</a>, the European country's <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Chain+Bridge,+Budapest,+Ungarn&amp;hl=de&amp;ll=47.499414,19.045913&amp;spn=0.001172,0.00283&amp;sll=46.811339,8.920898&amp;sspn=2.639226,5.817261&amp;oq=chain+bridge+bu&amp;hq=Chain+Bridge,+Budapest,+Ungarn&amp;t=m&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=47.499415,19.045913&amp;panoid=pClM3NeKd9-zVNSqpRqeEw&amp;cbp=13,251.41,,0,-3.96&amp;z=19" target="_blank">Chain bridge</a> or the largest medicinal bath in Europe, the <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/hIZNU" target="_blank">Sz&eacute;chenyi thermal bath</a>.
    Google has just added its 49th and 50th country to its popular Street View feature, enabling Web browsers to check out locations like the Hungarian Parliament building, the European country's Chain bridge or the largest medicinal bath in Europe, the...

    Tags: Lesotho

    9. Mar 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Nelson Mandela 'in good spirits' after second night in hospital

    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela is showing signs of recovery after his second night in a hospital for treatment of a recurring lung infection, President Jacob Zuma said Friday.
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    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela is showing signs of recovery after his second night in a hospital for treatment of a recurring lung infection, President Jacob Zuma said Friday. Mandela was admitted to the hospital in...

    Tags: Tuberculosis, Jacob Zuma, Nelson Mandela

    10. Mar 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Nelson Mandela suffering from pneumonia, officials say

    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa&rsquo;s presidency for the first time Saturday confirmed the seriousness of Nelson Mandela&rsquo;s illness -- pneumonia -- as the former president prepared to spend a fourth night in the hospital.
    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa’s presidency for the first time Saturday confirmed the seriousness of Nelson Mandela’s illness -- pneumonia -- as the former president prepared to spend a fourth night in the hospital. South...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pneumonia, Africa, Diseases and Illnesses, Iraq War (2003-2011)

    11. Mar 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Nelson Mandela is hospitalized again for lung infection

    <span class="runtimeTopic">JOHANNESBURG, South Africa --</span> Nelson Mandela was readmitted to a hospital after a worrying recurrence of the lung infection he suffered in December, the South African presidency announced Thursday.
    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Nelson Mandela was readmitted to a hospital after a worrying recurrence of the lung infection he suffered in December, the South African presidency announced Thursday. It was the third time Mandela, known affectionately...

    Tags: Pretoria (South Africa), Diseases and Illnesses, Tuberculosis, FIFA World Cup, Jacob Zuma

    12. Mar 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. BRICS in the development wall: Competing interests

    Barely a decade old, the BRICS alliance forged to challenge Western-dominated global economic strategy may already have outlived its purpose.
    Barely a decade old, the BRICS alliance forged to challenge Western-dominated global economic strategy may already have outlived its purpose. The collaborative five-country bloc that came together to create a counterweight to the Group of 7 rich-...

    Tags: Russia, World Bank Group, Conservation, Africa, European Union

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